Authenticated code execution via spaced HTML macro closure
Published Dec 10, 2025 · Updated Dec 11, 2025
Code injection in XWiki Rendering allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code through crafted wiki content. XHTMLWikiPrinter.printRaw escaped only the exact closing HTML macro syntax, allowing whitespace before the closing braces to terminate the enclosing macro and inject script macros. Any user able to edit a profile field or another document supporting wiki syntax can run Groovy or Python macros with programming rights and gain unrestricted read and write access to wiki contents.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in XWiki Rendering allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code through crafted wiki content. XHTMLWikiPrinter.printRaw escaped only the exact closing HTML macro syntax, allowing whitespace before the closing braces to terminate the enclosing macro and inject script macros. Any user able to edit a profile field or another document supporting wiki syntax can run Groovy or Python macros with programming rights and gain unrestricted read and write access to wiki contents.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-66474
- Published
- Dec 10, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 11, 2025
- Vendor
- CryptPad
- Product
- XWiki Rendering
- Classifications
- CWE-95, CWE-94, T1059.006
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 16.10.10
- Affected versionversion=>= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.3
- Affected versionversion=>= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.6.0-rc-1
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Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Vendor HTML-macro injection demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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